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Show AFTER THE ELECTION. Comments Made Hy the Herald are Shown to Be Groundless. ' This," said P. L. Williams, indicating indi-cating a column of generalities concerning concern-ing election frauds published in the Herald this morning, "is the usual line of defeat taken by the Mormons. They charge everything but fail to give anything any-thing specific. So far as I am concerned, con-cerned, I was present for a time at the Fourth precinct where they say attempts at-tempts were made to bring in illegal voters, but I pledge my word that nothing noth-ing of the sort was done with my cognizance, cog-nizance, nor do I now know of any such thing having been done. They can easily settle Hie matter by contesting. Hut it is tho policy adopted by them. At tho last election they claimed that none of us were legally elected. Now they come down to one aud say that I was not chosen by proper votes. I feel gratified at their fall from all to one. The editorial side of the paper itself seems to doubt the truth of the repor-torial repor-torial story for it docs not back it up." "Every point tliey have attempted to take," observed H.'S. JkCallum, chairman chair-man of the Liberal county committee, "is false. The Liberals did nothing of tlie sort. The Peoples' party may have done so but we did not, for by our can vas wo saw the want was ours. Y e didn't need lodo fraudulent work. "There was one judge there, an old Mormon named Murdock, who sought to intimidate every man who looked like a Liberal who appeared. They knew nothiug about conducting a campaign cam-paign properly so he challenged everybody. every-body. He tried to usurp the functions of all tho other judges. "If they can offer a shadow of reason to believe that any man voted illegally we will assist to prosecute him. There was none of it done. They are just crying cry-ing because they were beaten. And so far as Sergeant Currari is concerned, I will stako my word that he did nothing in the way of passing Liberal or any other tickets, llo was simply attending attend-ing to his duties as an ollicer all day. The Liberals have a majority here now, although all our people did not turn out, and we do not need to resort to fraud." The vote will bo canvassed tomorrow night. |
